Meet the UK's most influential women: The Stella magazine 40 over 40

Malone grew up in a council house in Bexleyheath in Kent, suffered from severe dyslexia and left school without any qualifications. Today she’s known as Britain’s premier perfumer, scenting homes and pulse-points with her cult fragrances for both Jo Malone (which she sold to Estée Lauder for ‘undisclosed millions’ in 1999) and her new ‘fragrance brasserie’ Jo Loves.